Plants of the Fraser Coast Region

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Species information

Didymocheton rufus     (A.Rich.) Harms

This native tree is commonly known as rusty bean.

Didymocheton rufus is described as a "dicot" in the Meliaceae family.

In the Queensland Nature Conservation Act it is classified as Least Concern. Under the Federal Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act it is not classified.

Recorded on K'gari (Fraser Island). Also north of Rockhampton area and south of Gympie area. Replaces Dysoxylum rufum (Queensland Flora Census 2023). 

It has been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census but is not listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in the Atlas of Living Australia.

Reported at 3 Fraser Coast localities: Bauple, K'gari, St Mary.


Fraser Coast distribution based on unverified field reports.


             AVH

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